What is the meaning of "Kirin is here"?

Question 1: The origin of "Kirin's arrival" When the bride comes to the man's house crying (a kind of crying custom, so the Chao Dynasty ballad sings: "A sister on the sedan chair," and the man laughs and sighs), the man's family hides. If it is the She ethnic group, the bride will deliberately say: "Your family are dead ah!" Only then do the men come running out in response and say, "Just waiting for you to inoculate us!" At this time there will be an old woman to come forward to lay a red cloth bag, so that the bride stepped on it. The bride stepped all the way, the crone all the way to follow the bag and then spread to the front, which is called the succession. Get married when the sedan chair door and the lintel of the hall are affixed with "sealing media". Seal the media is written "unicorn to this" or "phoenix to this" of the red paper strips.

The wedding custom of the Chao people in the area of Huilai-Kwai-Tan, when the bride comes to the male side of the people should be avoided, but the bride stepped on the tile tube. Tile tube is the reverse of the corrugated stacked cylinder, inside the lily, licorice and other auspicious objects, meaning a hundred years of harmony, Yin and Yang Shun. When you step on it, you have to drill through the groom's armpit, which means that you will fly under the protection of your husband. Chao custom also cross the threshold of the bottom of the "fire smoke", the slang ballad sung: "Mother this big step over the fire smoke, across the fire smoke on the hall, the hall paved felt *** knot color, A mother enjoys the blessing of ten thousand years of spring."

There is also a She song that goes like this: "The bride moves to the side of the hall, dressed in a skirt and gown, gui phoenix branch. The bride is wearing a dress with a phoenix branch. The bride is going to be a companion to the king's wife, a pair of luan and phoenix. The unicorn came here. Once in your home, you'll have a good husband and children. Born to tie the knot on a good date, the mother on the sedan chair with a good date, food to the sky long **** ground long, although the husband and wife with a hundred years."

In fact, the wedding is just a prelude to marriage, the biggest purpose of marriage is to pass on the generations, the so-called "on the temple to sacrifice, the next to succeed the next generation" is also. Around this purpose, weddings often have a lot of activities to seek children, the most commonly used is the "unicorn to send children" phenomenon, including the unicorn to send children lamps and charts, and so on. The "Kirin's arrival" is also used as a way of praying for a child, and the idea is to pray for a boy. However, I would like to point out that the "Kirin's arrival" originated from the She tribe, and its original meaning is not to pray for a son. But when it is misused and repeated, it has become a custom to pray for a child!

The unicorn is an auspicious animal created by the Chinese people, symbolizing unity and peace. The unicorn is a symbol of unity and peace. People often use the unicorn as a metaphor for outstanding people, and call the smart children "unicorn children". The origin of the "unicorn sending son" is also related to Confucius. Legend has it that when the saint was born, a unicorn spit out a jade book in his home, so the folk "unicorn sends a son figure" is often engraved on both sides of the "heavenly unicorn child, on the ground, the top scholar," the couplet.

But "Kirin to this" is not the same as "Kirin to send children", the semantics of which is that there is a Kirin or good luck coming. The She people refer to their ancestor, Pan Gou, as Long Qi, symbolizing bravery and hard work. The semantic meaning of "phoenix arrives here" is that a phoenix or auspiciousness has arrived. What is it for? The She tribe has a legend about this: In ancient times, Pan A Long released a phoenix, which then gave him three feathers and fulfilled his three wishes of having food, clothes and a daughter-in-law. Both the dragon and the phoenix are the totems of the She people, and the phoenix and the phoenix-lin sticker actually expresses a kind of totemic consciousness. The She people are very clear about this and never use it as a symbol of praying for their children.

There is also a legend in Chaoshan about the "Kirin's arrival": when Luo Tong was sweeping the north, he forced the death of the princess Dounong, who loved him very much. Princess Dounong was buried at the foot of Kirin Mountain, and the Tang King Li Shimin was furious and forbade Luotong to remarry. After Cheng Biaojin begged for leniency, a silly girl was promised to Luo Tong to continue the lineage. When the marriage passed through the Kirin Mountain, Princess Dounong, with the help of the King of Hell, attached her soul to the silly girl, so that she had the appearance and intelligence of Princess Dounong before her death. In other words, the original meaning of "Kirin's visit" is not to pray for a son but to pray for a daughter-in-law who is as beautiful and capable as Princess Dounon.

I am convinced that this custom was misunderstood when it was spread. But why was it misunderstood? Is it because the Han Chinese immigrants took it for granted or because the She people kept it a secret? And if it was the latter, does it mean that the historical intermarriage and integration between Han and She, which led to the formation of the Minnan people, was not as widespread as hypothesized?

Question 2: What does it mean to write Kirin to this place on the stone city gate plaque? Who told you to write Kirin? What direction is Kirin a divine beast you know, left blue dragon, right white tiger, center yellow dragon, front Zhuquiao and back Xuanwu! Which direction is the Kirin? You should know that feng shui is concerned about rather let the green dragon high ten thousand feet, do not call the white tiger fierce head up, should enhance the green dragon bit

Question 3: Ask the eight Qilin in this is what it means "Qilin to this". Symbolizing "good luck", "Kerry auspicious".

Since ancient times, the unicorn has been regarded as a national miracle, a sign of peace and prosperity coming. As far away as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty for the edict of the world clear, the emperor's prestige, has been said to have won the White Lin and change the year. Also ordered in the Weiyang Palace to build "Kirin Pavilion", and cast gold "Lin Toe Gold". Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian to show their reverence for the unicorn, in front of her mother's tomb, specially carved in stone a tall, powerful unicorn, as the beast of the tomb.

However, the custom of the folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this" originated from the story of "Kirin sends a son".

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a painter in the folklore, the couple loved each other, the family life is happy, but it is old and childless. The painter favored painting unicorns, and his house was filled with a variety of lifelike, realistic unicorn paintings. One night, he was in the house proudly appreciate the unicorn hanging all over the walls of the painting, looking at the smile, suddenly, a golden unicorn, carrying a fat little child, toward him. Painter gleeful, hands and feet, woke up laughing, turned out to be a beautiful dream.

The next year, his wife was really happy to have a son. After the birth of this child, not only is extremely intelligent, wisdom, not yet school reading, six years old will be able to poems and paintings. Can also often go out, and the neighborhood of the literati and the joint chanting of pairs. And no teacher, pen into a chapter, was known as the "unicorn child prodigy". So the story of "the unicorn sends a son" has been widely spread in the folklore.

Later, according to this story, people drew a "unicorn send son" of the painting: in the center of a horse dragon head, lion tail, deer body, horse feet, full body clad in the unicorn armor, carrying a hand holding a lotus seedling on the back of a fat child, followed by a woman, dressed in expensive, gentle and elegant. The symbolism is: "even the birth of a son", the background is auspicious clouds, full of "heavenly gift of a son" of the auspicious and festive atmosphere.

Folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this", posting should also pay attention to the method. Married woman, to the bride before the boudoir, from the door, alley door, hall door, shrine door, and then to the cottage door. Meaning from the inside to the outside, indicating that the woman is getting married. Marriage of the male party, shall welcome the marriage sedan chair before arriving, from the village door to the door, that is, from the outside to the inside, in order of sequence one by one to post in, meaning, that the marriage. The location of the posting is the center of the lintel, most of the paper hanging down, floating with the wind.

Question 4: What does the Qilin represent in Chaoshan custom? This is usually something that will be posted outside the door when the new house is occupied, and the function is similar to warding off evil spirits. I hope this can help you, thank you!

Question 5: the Chaoshan people married wife Why to paste the unicorn to this It is the meaning of good luck.

Question 6: What is the meaning of a crane standing on the head of the unicorn Since ancient times, the unicorn has been regarded as the country's wonders, the omen of peace and prosperity come. As far as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty for the edict of the world clear, the Emperor's prestige, once claimed to have won the white Lin and change the year. Also ordered in the Weiyang Palace to build "Kirin Pavilion", and cast gold "Lin Toe Gold". Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian to show their reverence for the unicorn, in front of her mother's tomb, specially carved in stone a tall, powerful unicorn, as the beast of the tomb. However, the folk custom of marrying and posting "Kirin to this" originated from the story of "Kirin delivering a son". Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a painter in the folklore, husband and wife love each other, family life is happy, but it is old and childless. The painter favored the painting of unicorns, and his house was filled with all kinds of lifelike and realistic unicorn paintings. One night, he was in the house proudly appreciate the unicorn hanging all over the walls of the painting, looking at the smile, suddenly, a golden unicorn, carrying a fat little child, toward him. Painter gleeful, hands and feet, woke up laughing, it turned out to be a beautiful dream. The next year, his wife was indeed happy to have a son. After the birth of this child, not only is extremely intelligent, intelligence, before going to school to read, six years old will be able to poems and paintings. Can also often go out, and the neighborhood of the literati and the joint chanting of pairs. And no teacher, pen into a chapter, was known as the "unicorn child prodigy". The story of "the unicorn giving away his son" was widely spread among the people. Later, according to this story, people drew a "Kirin sends a child" of the New Year's picture: in the center of a dragon head, lion tail, deer body, horse feet, all clad in Lin armor of the Kirin, on the back of a hand holding a lotus seedpod of the fat child, followed by a woman, dressed in luxurious, gentle and elegant. The symbolism is: "even the birth of a noble son", the background is auspicious clouds, full of "heavenly gift of a noble son" of the auspicious and festive atmosphere. Folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this", posting should also pay attention to the method. Married woman, to the bride out of the boudoir before the door, from the door, alley door, hall door, shrine door, and then to the cottage door. Meaning from the inside to the outside, indicating that the woman is getting married. Marriage of the male party, shall welcome the marriage sedan chair before arriving, from the village door to the door, that is, from the outside to the inside, in order of sequence one by one to post in, meaning, that the marriage. The location of the posting is the center of the lintel, most of the paper hanging down, floating in the wind. In the ceremony of welcoming the bride, the woman uses "Kirin to this". It must be sent by the man with the marriage invitation.

Question 7: What is the meaning of the unicorn birth? Since ancient times, the unicorn has been regarded as a national miracle, a sign of peace and prosperity coming. As far back as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of clearing up the world, the emperor's prestige, once claimed to have won the White Forest and changed the year. Also ordered in the Weiyang Palace to build "Kirin Pavilion", and cast gold "Lin Toe Gold". Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian to show their reverence for the unicorn, in front of her mother's tomb, specially carved in stone a tall, powerful unicorn, as the beast of the tomb.

However, the custom of the folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this" originated from the story of "Kirin sends a son".

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a painter in the folklore, husband and wife loved each other, the family life is happy, but it is old and childless. The painter favored painting unicorns, and his house was filled with a variety of lifelike, realistic unicorn paintings. One night, he was in the house proudly appreciate the unicorn hanging all over the walls of the painting, looking at the smile, suddenly, a golden unicorn, carrying a fat little child, toward him. Painter gleeful, hands and feet, woke up laughing, turned out to be a beautiful dream.

The next year, his wife was really happy to have a son. After the birth of this child, not only is extremely intelligent, wisdom, not yet school reading, six years old will be able to poems and paintings. Can also often go out, and the neighborhood of the literati and the joint chanting of pairs. And no teacher, pen into a chapter, was known as the "unicorn child prodigy". So the story of "the unicorn sends a son" has been widely spread in the folklore.

Later, according to this story, people drew a "unicorn send son" of the painting: in the center of a horse dragon head, lion tail, deer body, horse feet, full body clad in the unicorn armor, carrying a hand holding a lotus seedling on the back of a fat child, followed by a woman, dressed in expensive, gentle and elegant. The symbolism is: "even the birth of a son", the background is auspicious clouds, full of "heavenly gift of a son" of the auspicious and festive atmosphere.

Folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this", posting should also pay attention to the method. Married woman, to the bride before the boudoir, from the door, alley door, hall door, shrine door, and then to the cottage door. Meaning from the inside to the outside, indicating that the woman is getting married. Marriage of the male party, shall welcome the marriage sedan chair before arriving, from the village door to the door, that is, from the outside to the inside, in order of sequence one by one to post in, meaning, that the marriage. The location of the posting is the center of the lintel, most of the paper hanging down, floating with the wind.

In the ceremony to welcome the bride, the woman with the "unicorn to this". It must be sent by the man with the marriage invitation.

Question 8: What is the meaning of the peach under the foot of the unicorn? Since ancient times, the unicorn has been regarded as a national miracle, a sign of the advent of peace and prosperity. As far back as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of clearing up the world, the Emperor's prestige, once claimed to have won the White Forest and changed the year. Also ordered in the Weiyang Palace to build "Kirin Pavilion", and cast gold "Lin Toe Gold". Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian to show their reverence for the unicorn, in front of her mother's tomb, specially carved in stone a tall, powerful unicorn, as the beast of the tomb. However, the folk custom of marrying and posting "Kirin to this" originated from the story of "Kirin delivering a son". Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a painter in the folklore, husband and wife love each other, family life is happy, but it is old and childless. The painter favored the painting of unicorns, and his house was filled with all kinds of lifelike and realistic unicorn paintings. One night, he was in the house proudly appreciate the unicorn hanging all over the walls of the painting, looking at the smile, suddenly, a golden unicorn, carrying a fat little child, toward him. Painter gleeful, hands and feet, woke up laughing, it turned out to be a beautiful dream. The next year, his wife was indeed happy to have a son. After the birth of this child, not only is extremely intelligent, intelligence, before going to school to read, six years old will be able to poems and paintings. Can also often go out, and the neighborhood of the literati and the joint chanting of pairs. And no teacher, pen into a chapter, was known as the "unicorn child prodigy". The story of "the unicorn giving away his son" was widely spread among the people. Later, according to this story, people drew a "Kirin sends a child" of the New Year's picture: in the center of a dragon head, lion tail, deer body, horse feet, all clad in Lin armor of the Kirin, on the back of a hand holding a lotus seedpod of the fat child, followed by a woman, dressed in luxurious, gentle and elegant. The symbolism is: "even the birth of a noble son", the background is auspicious clouds, full of "heavenly gift of a noble son" of the auspicious and festive atmosphere. Folk marriage sticker "Kirin to this", posting should also pay attention to the method. Married woman, to be in the bride before the boudoir, from the door of the house, alley door, hall door, shrine door, and then to the cottage door. Meaning from the inside to the outside, indicating that the woman is getting married. Marriage of the male party, shall welcome the marriage sedan chair before arriving, from the village door to the door, that is, from the outside to the inside, in order of sequence one by one to post in, meaning, that the marriage. The location of the posting is the center of the lintel, most of the paper hanging down, floating in the wind. In the ceremony of welcoming the bride, the woman uses "Kirin to this". It must be sent by the man with the marriage invitation.

Question 9: What is the utility of the wedding invitation "Kirin to this"? In folklore, many forms have their practicality, and then covered with a layer of good luck metaphor.

I have a different understanding of "Kirin to this".

(a). It means "the unicorn sends a son", praying for a son to be born early, because succession is the most important thing in life.

(ii). Its utility is as a road marking, to facilitate the procession to identify the journey. So every street turn post a "Qilin to this". Left turn post left, right turn post right.

According to custom. The male side from the village entrance along the way back to the post. At home, the main post in the top of the door and bed lintel. The female side of the home from the beginning of the outward along the road post to the village entrance.

Question 10: What does it mean to write the Jade Kirin on the door When the bride cried (a custom of crying marriage only, so the tide ballad sang: A sister on the sedan chair flow eye juice, a sedan chair to the bottom of the smile sigh) all the way to the male family when the male family members are hiding. If it is the She tribe, the bride will deliberately say: "Your family are all dead ah!" Only then do the men come running out in response and say, "Just waiting for you to inoculate us!" At this time there will be an old woman to come forward to lay a red cloth bag, so that the bride stepped on it. The bride stepped all the way, the crone all the way to follow the bag and then spread to the front, which is called the succession. Get married when the sedan chair door and the lintel of the hall are affixed with "sealing media". Seal media is written "unicorn to this" or "phoenix to this" red paper strip.

The wedding custom of the Chao people in the area of Huilai-Kwai-Tan, when the bride comes to the male side of the people should be avoided, but the bride stepped on the tile tube. Tile tube is the reverse of the corrugated stacked cylinder, inside the lily, licorice and other auspicious objects, meaning a hundred years of harmony, Yin and Yang Shun. When you step on it, you have to drill through the groom's armpit, which means that you will fly under the protection of your husband. Chao custom also cross the threshold of the bottom of the "fire smoke", the slang ballad sung: "Mother this big step over the fire smoke, across the fire smoke on the hall, the hall paved felt *** knot color, A mother enjoys the blessing of ten thousand years of spring."

There is also a She song that goes like this: "The bride moves to the side of the hall, dressed in a skirt and gown, gui phoenix branch. The bride is wearing a dress with a phoenix branch. The bride is going to be a companion to the king's wife, a pair of luan and phoenix. The unicorn came here. Once she arrives at your home, she'll be blessed with a husband and a son. Born to tie the knot on a good date, mother on the sedan chair with a good date, food to the sky long **** ground long, although the husband and wife with a hundred years."